Matching Pairs Noun Suffixes CE UI U2Online version Noun Suffixes meanings by Jennifer Thorson 1 -ance / -ence example: tolerance 2 -ment example: movement 3 -ity / -iety / -y example: anxiety 4 -hood example: childhood 5 -ness example: happiness 6 -ist example: communist 7 -ship example: friendship 8 -our / -iour / -ure example: pleasure 9 -ism example: neoliberalism 10 -er / -ian / -or example: musician 11 -tion / -sion / -ion / -ation example: imagination 12 -ee example: trainee often used to form abstract/concept nouns from adjectives (such as happy) used to describe a person on whom an action is performed used for people or things that do a particular job used to describe religions or ideologies and for some abstract nouns often used to form nouns from adjectives (such as anxious) used to describe peoples beliefs and sometimes their occupation often used to form abstract/concept nouns from verbs (like move) used to form abstract nouns, particularly about relationships used to form abstract nouns concerned with periods of life or relationships between people often used to form abstract nouns often used to form nouns from verbs (such as imagine) used to form abstract nouns from adjectives ending in -ant or -ent
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